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Bharat Ratna award announced
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI) The government on Friday announced Bharat Ratna, the highest honour of the country, for former President Pranab Mukherjee, late singer Bhupen Hazarika and late social activist Nanaji Deshmukh.
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India should have been a $5-6 trillion economy by now: Pranab Mukherjee
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the current economic growth of the country and stated that India should have been a five to six trillion US dollar economy.
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Nation sans well-functioning institutions bound to fail: Manmohan Singh
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that "well-functioning institutions" of governance were not only a necessity to maintain peace and harmony but also to ensure that the nation did not fail.
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Substantive democracy as Ambedkar visualized is elusive: Hamid Ansari
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Former vice president Hamid Ansari on Saturday said electoral democracy on the FPTP (first-past-the-post) pattern is a reality but substantive democracy, as Dr BR Ambedkar visualized it, is elusive.
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India passing through rising intolerance: Pranab Mukherjee
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Asserting that the country is passing through a difficult phase, former president Pranab Mukherjee has said that the land which gave the world the concept of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is now in news for rising levels of intolerance, manifestations of rage and inf
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PM Modi, Sonia, Rahul Gandhi pay tribute to Indira Gandhi on her 101st bir
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi along with her son and Congress president Rahul Gandhi paid tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal, on her 101st birth anniversary on Monday.
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PM Modi meets Pranab Mukherjee, extends Diwali greetings
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met former president Pranab Mukherjee in the national capital and extended Diwali greetings.
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Stupidity of Pranab Mukherjee to have attended RSS event: Owaisi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Taking his criticism for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a step further, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday slammed former President Pranab Mukherjee for attending an RSS event in the past.
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Pranab Mukherjee shares stage with CM Khattar in Haryana
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Sep 02 (ANI): Former president Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday shared the stage with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for the inauguration of projects under the Smartgram Yojona.
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India has lost a great son: Pranab Mukherjee
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 16 (ANI): Expressing grief over the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's, former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that India has lost a great son and an era had come to an end.
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Pranab Mukherjee greets nation on Independence Day
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 15 (ANI): Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday conveyed his wishes to the citizens on the occasion of 72nd Independence Day.
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Pranab Mukherjee condoles Somnath Chatterjee's demise
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 13 (ANI): Former President Pranab Mukherjee offered condolences to the family of former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and recalled his relationship with the latter.
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